Atleti And Liverpool Sink, Madrid And PSG Swim; Don McRae Writes Another Boxing All-Timer – 13/03/25

Let us take you by the hand and guide you through another week of independent, member-led broadcasting on the Second Captains World Service.

Our first stop, the port of Stockholm via Darwin Nunez’s – if not unforgivable then certainly unforgettable – penalty shootout miss against PSG on Tuesday evening. After a light lunch, we’ll take in a conversation with one of the great sportswriters Donald McRae about his new boxing book, The Last Bell, and finish with last night’s Madrid derby, as Ken goes microscopic on another penalty: Julian Alvarez’s.

Oh, and there’s a bonus stop off at Big Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s new Manchester circus tent. For all this and more, visit secondcaptains.com/join where you can sign up now for just €5 a month plus VAT.

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Out now on with World Service, with one of the great sportswriters Don McRae https://t.co/RHmijWk4qp

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